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Dear BC Members,<br>
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The Accountability & Transparency Forum's time and
location has changed: <b style="line-height: 17px;
font-weight: bold; ">Mon, Oct.24, 10:00-11:15 in the
Chapiteau (tent). </b></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 20px; margin-top:
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initial initial; ">Participants will be briefed on how ICANN
is implementing the Accountability & Transparency Review
Team (ATRT) Recommendations, and will have an opportunity to
discuss with the Board and GAC representatives the key
deliverables and end-goals. These include:</span></p>
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style="line-height: 17px; ">·<span style="line-height:
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into, Board decisions;</span></p>
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Directors;</span></p>
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of, the review mechanisms for Board decisions;</span></p>
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style="line-height: 17px; ">·<span style="line-height:
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GAC and its interaction with the Board; and</span></p>
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accountability of the processes ICANN uses to gain public
input and develop policy. </span></p>
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pointer; "><span style="line-height: 17px; color:
rgb(20, 125, 186); ">Summaries</span></a> of ATRT
implementation can be found on the Accountability &
Transparency <a
href="http://www.icann.org/en/accountability/overview-en.htm"
target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true"
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rgb(20, 125, 186); ">Remote participation</span></a> is
available. The draft forum agenda includes:</span></p>
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1. Opening Remarks - Steve Crocker <br style="line-height:
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2. Presentation - Implementation Status Overview - ICANN
Staff <br style="line-height: 17px; ">
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3. Discussion/Q&A - Board Operations, Composition &
Review of Decisions - Bruce Tonkin, Bill Graham, Ray Plzak,
Cherine Chalaby<br style="line-height: 17px; ">
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4. Discussion/Q&A - GAC Operations, Engagement,
Interaction with Board - Heather Dryden, Manal Ismail<br
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5. Discussion/Q&A - Public Input & Multilingual
Access - Mike Silber<br style="line-height: 17px; ">
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6. Discussion/Q&A - Miscellaneous & Measuring
Success - Steve Crocker. <br style="line-height: 17px; ">
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